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Hadronic radiotherapy uses particle beams to treat tumors located near critical body structures and tumors that respond poorly to conventional photon and electron beam radiotherapy. Initial research in hadronic radiotherapy was performed using accelerators built for physics research. The good results of the proton and ion therapy programs have enhanced the tendency to use protontherapy as a routine method. There are about 20 working protontherapy facilities (first, second and third generation) and more than 30 centers are planned. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the fi

Proton accelerators. --- Radiotherapy, High energy --- Particles (Nuclear physics) --- Elementary particles (Physics) --- High energy physics --- Nuclear particles --- Nucleons --- Nuclear physics --- High energy radiotherapy --- Megavolt radiotherapy --- Radiotherapy, Megavolt --- Radiotherapy, Supervoltage --- Supervoltage radiotherapy --- Accelerators, Proton --- Particle accelerators --- Equipment and supplies.